Well, as a man, my view should be discounted. But here is how I think this works: if you have cheap oil and you are willing to sell it to America, then libs, the government, AND FEMINISTS(!) will look the other way and call the abuse a "cultural issue'.
So, I think the problem for this cleric is Texas has oil.

"The world is a dangerous place to live�not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." �Albert Einstein